How to get visitors to your booth

Food, ball throwing and laser engraved pens. There are many tricks to attract visitors to the stands at Scanlab.

Parnevik firm in Swiss osteoporosis deal

The golf legend Jesper Parnevik's drug delivery firm EffRx has signed a license agreement with Nycomed for a new drug against osteoporosis.

Magnetiska nanopartiklar visar vägen

Forskare har utvecklat en ny metod som kan se om makromolekylsläkemedel för behandling av cancer hamnar rätt i tumörcellen. Med metoden hittade forskarteamet de...

Welcome to wonderful Copenhagen

Strategically located, the Danish capital is the focal point of one of the most dynamic regions in Northern Europe. Here are some tips on where to spend your ti...

Gentest kan ge bättre cancerbehandling

Forskare vid DTU har upptäckt ett kromosomfel som förekommer systematiskt hos cancerpatienter. Kunskapen ge bättre behandling med färre biverkningar.

Eli Lilly writes biotech fine history

The American biotech company Eli Lilly will pay US 1.415 billion to resolve allegations of off-label promotion of a dementia drug.

Fat cells' reaction differs with body weight

The fat cells of overweight people may react differently to dietary changes than in their lean peers, according to a pioneering study from the Dutch organizatio...

Alla satsar på läkemedel

Medicines Research Academy, MRA, heter en ny svensk-dansk satsning på läkemedelsutveckling. I styrgruppen för projektet sitter representanter från fyra universi...

Major changes to the Q-Med board

The nomination committee wants to replace half of the existing board, including the current Chairman. An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place on February 4.

We are poor lobbyists

I doubt there has ever been a really well thought out Scandinavian campaign with intentions to really change attitudes among both the public and politicians.

An industry emerging from crisis

"Scanlab is normally indicative of the status of investment incentives in the laboratory industry "

Laboratory food

VWR exhibits laboratory tools with molecular gastronomy Rotary evaporators and magnetic stirrers - for making food. VWR tries out new ways for the exhibition at...

Time to save for survival

The future is bright for the biotech industry. However, the companies need to cut costs immediately if they want to survive the rough economic times.

How to get the most out of the fair

New tools to fight bacteria

Better guidelines for doctors, detailed patient journals, and national monitoring systems are some of the tools needed to combat the increasing problem of antib...

Pengar och support på önskelistan

I senaste Scanbaltrapporten identifierar organisationen fem huvudområden för att förbättra förutsättningarna inom life scienceindustrin i länderna kringa Baltik...

Glucose facilitates the use of indigo

The Finnish researcher Anne Vuorema oat the MTT Agrifood Research Finland proves in her new doctoral dissertation that glucose can serve as a reducing agent of indigo.

Här odlar forskarna minihjärnor

Genom att odla hjärnsubstans vill österrikiska forskare revolutionera forskningen inom neurosjukdomar, läkemedelsutveckling och samtidigt ersätta djurförsök.

Vinnmerpengar till fler

Ytterligare 21 kvinnliga disputerade forskare har beviljats stöd från Vinnovas program Vinnmer. Målet med programmet är att skapa fler kvinnliga förebilder inom...

Ambassador program makes MVA big in Japan

The first ambassadors of the Medicon Valley Ambassador Programme have only worked in each other's countries for six months. But they have already made a signifi...

From planning stage to handshake

"Partnering is an effective tool to get in touch with the decision makers high up in an organization's administration," says Camilla Huse Bondeson at Conlega. A...